Global Patent Index - EP 3888380 A4

EP 3888380 A4 20220420 - GENERATING A MODIFIED AUDIO EXPERIENCE FOR AN AUDIO SYSTEM

Title (en)

GENERATING A MODIFIED AUDIO EXPERIENCE FOR AN AUDIO SYSTEM

Title (de)

ERZEUGUNG EINER MODIFIZIERTEN AUDIOERFAHRUNG FÜR EIN AUDIOSYSTEM

Title (fr)

GÉNÉRATION D'UNE EXPÉRIENCE AUDIO MODIFIÉE POUR UN SYSTÈME AUDIO

Publication

EP 3888380 A4 20220420 (EN)

Application

EP 19913673 A 20190212

Priority

  • US 201916261298 A 20190129
  • US 2019017655 W 20190212

Abstract (en)

[origin: US10638248B1] An audio system is configured to present a modified audio experience that reduces the degradation of a target audio experience presented to a user by the audio system. The audio system includes an acoustic sensor array, a controller, and a playback device array. To generate the modified audio experience, the acoustic sensor array receives the sound waves from one or more non-target audio source(s) causing the degradation, identifies the audio source(s), determines the spatial location of the audio source(s), determines the type of the audio source(s) and generates audio instructions that, when executed by the playback device array, present the modified audio experience to the user. The modified audio experience may perform active noise cancelling, ambient sound masking, and/or neutral sound masking to compensate for the sound waves received from non-target audio sources. The audio system may be part of a headset that can produce an artificial reality environment.

IPC 8 full level

G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04S 3/00 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

G10K 11/17813 (2017.12 - EP); G10K 11/17823 (2017.12 - EP US); G10K 11/17827 (2017.12 - EP); G10K 11/17873 (2017.12 - EP); H04S 3/004 (2013.01 - KR); H04S 7/303 (2013.01 - EP US); H04S 7/304 (2013.01 - KR); G10K 2210/3044 (2013.01 - US); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 1/1083 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 1/406 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 3/005 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 3/12 (2013.01 - EP); H04R 2201/403 (2013.01 - EP); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01 - EP); H04S 2400/15 (2013.01 - EP); H04S 2420/01 (2013.01 - EP KR)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 10638248 B1 20200428; CN 113366864 A 20210907; EP 3888380 A1 20211006; EP 3888380 A4 20220420; JP 2022518883 A 20220317; JP 7317115 B2 20230728; KR 102622499 B1 20240110; KR 20210110690 A 20210908; WO 2020159557 A1 20200806

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 201916261298 A 20190129; CN 201980090835 A 20190212; EP 19913673 A 20190212; JP 2021531758 A 20190212; KR 20217024638 A 20190212; US 2019017655 W 20190212